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Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-07-06

10 Adams esunty. OHIO, there Is IN
organic ltion Of men wha style them
selves knights Of she Switch" They
are sslf-designaled guardians of the
noFala OF their nelghboFa, and their
object u TO drlvs from the community
oil whom they believe TO DO morally
Ina pare. ThsiF method OF reforming
their nsighbors is 10 dja masks. sur.
solni q house At midaigAt, drag oas the
lam lles, Who are Invariably women.
and beat them 10 insenaibility with
hickory switches. Il IL for this reason
shat they call themssl Knights o. the
switch.
A short time ago these summary re-
formers visited q suspected house and
found there tive women mother and
her daughter tuo men. The pro.
eeedipRs which followed are thus de-
acEibad.
Mrs. Martin and her daughter Lily
weFe then dragged from bed, stripped
And tied 20 the door frame and whipped
wilh hickoFy switches until they were
unconscious aud their bodies . shock.
lng mass OF bruised and sleedinR fiesh.
The elder % the twO women was the
arst 10 revive and was told II they did
GOT leave the county within twenty.
four hours they would be killed. The
meu, who we're married farmers living
IN the vicinity. we're dismissed with the
admonitton thai II again found In a
house Of III, fame they too would be
allied. The Knights then rode Cd
Why these hypooritieal brutea did not
administer punishment TO The msu a.
cell as lhe women is not apparent, an
less. like all towards. they wage war
against only the seal ana defenssless.
TIE Knights Of the SSitch are as
brutal and demoragE.ng = set Of re-.
formers a. this country has yet seen.
fhe man who rides ahoat The country
81 midnight sith q mask over bis face
and forces ~ entrance into the houses
u his neIeAboFa. is not the psrson 10
oaEify ans community little Of the
sane treatment whioh vas applied to
ths TolliveF gang ia Kentucky wosld
not he misappiied u measured cat 10
the Knights Of the Switch.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-07-06
A BoY Win GRIr.
nK DRAWS A RIB HOT IBoS FROM HIS LKG
WITH HIE HANDS.
LOn.nAa H-nrla. I

( 0ffAftfta " ora. /
Some oys az Marsoilies, o., wena 10
blacksmith shop TO heat two inch
pipe filled with water and plugged al
both ends. hoping by that means TO
blow the plugs out The pipe was laid
across the IRE In the forge and one OF
tie boys applied himself TO the blower.
Charlie Phillips. sgsd IL years. was
standing near by. In two CT three
places The metal Was brought 10 red
heat, when Suddenly, and without warn
Jog, q terrific explosion occurred With
terrible and frighssnl results The ham
mered cod of the pipe entered the
aeshy part Of yoang Phillips right LEG
near the groin and forced ils way clean
through until in extended out on the
other side about two feet. The boy did
not faint nor finch, but, with heroic en-.
durance, seized hold OF the red hol
pipe sud With his own exertiohA With
dFew il from the terrible wonnd, and
The aeah on bis hand vas burned 70 q
crisp close 10 she tone. The other boys
stood looking on in amaze uenf, utterly
powsFless 10 do anything. After pass
inR through the boys limb the end of
the pipe struck the anvil With such
force IS 10 knock il from the block and
hufl u 10 the other side Of the shop.
Had it net been for this obstruction Ii
IA p obAbls thai the piIs could have
passed through the victims leg. The
bsy u stu alive, bot the chances for his
recovery are doabtfal.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-07-06
RAKuxG LAM1n.

The probability, which is generally
sssamed 10 be certainty, that Score
taEy Lamar will be selected By The Pres
ident 90 al the Vacancy IN the sapFsme
Bench. Il causing general lnaaiFy into
The Eitness Of that gentleman for the 10
sition. The iEQairy, u need sSAssely be
said, dees not rssnlt satisfactorily. and,
she preminsna journals u The country,
Ia maay easea Democsatic a. veil a.
Rspahlioau. are Ps0tssairs against the
appointment.
Secretary Lamar. "a Il arred, has
never shewn thAi be poasessea the legal
aoilities which are 10 be expected In an
Associate Justice 81 The saprvuae Coart
ne started 10 life - college professor,
ana FROM college pFogessos becAEns 9
politician. he has never seriously pre-.
tspded 10 practise sAw. and b lawyer
aRiy in name. NeS 10 his lnind Il Z 10.
dioial sAas. de naAs be all thss bic al
mirers call him-a philosopheT, 9 vosi.
and . ihlnksE-bai iadieiAl mind be
does pet pOssess- IndesA. be 10 USUALLY
sFsAaGd wish helHE aTeamsr. ana THAI
she bsEsa woald not BE- the proper plsss
fos dreAHsss eosa witheua sAyinR.
Bssiaes. q Il nreed By some. Lanar
represents nothlaR eas States rights.
aaa. ~ an able bal vAxas sonsempof-
a-y pats IL. ''Jss nsvtsis1" his arsa
aesoraeay be woa ~ = ehAupioa Of 80
eaaaa0n. and els last u0ssueEtay sitter.
anee was : salogy Of Caihoap. 81 tal
aonas ia lss iaeassso0 thAs IL usess ihAn
satisfied sssa sks AHOlsat state. rsstls
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-07-06


TFr0sz TIE Eew York NaiE
Rsx. M. Kimhaa. vita tkrse assisl-
ants, preaehes evsF Sanday from tha
City Kali staps, exeept when the san
drives him inf8 tbs SHADOW Of Printing
H3nss Eqsare. Rev. John Dooley. With
. bad of aznRnEs frow tie Br0ems
street. tabsFnasls, has Q gospel wagon.
with which he goes absus, picking NJ
au6iences In half dszsn places. Ihe
Bap4isfs have lately started street.
FreachinR under the shadow Of the
great CnnardaEx. Rev. O. z. G0aE
praaches in Battery park. 4 Methodist
local preaeheF, wiah half dozsn me
ehanies e. assistants, breaches from q
stsnd In she square a. Five Points.
And % sn over the city Q person can
find On Sunday . group % man snd
women preaching and singing Just e.
earnestly 10 RFeap Of Q doxea as when
they have two or thrse hundred They
are almost always treated With respect.
Whether their efforts prodnce any sub
stantiaI results can hardly be deteFmin-
cd. bat &C ie&sA they show that religion
Is active as well ~ the devil.
Policeman 40 says there are only
few ''st0psn at the meeting a. Five
POInts square, but that man from
Twenty third Street. always draws
them" Tdere are usually couple Of
hundFsd at the 0pen sir meetings Ia
City Hall park. About a. many Rathal
around the stand Of the Baptists, &C the
foot Of Charlton street. There 10 usu-
ally large gathering Of the preaching
on the Battery.
Street preaching 10 good test Of q
preachers power. when q man ID
presiding 10 an sndienee seated In q
ehaFob, there 10 Q Difference manifested
10 the customs Of society, and the audi
tor stays till the end Of the discourse,
Whether he really wishes to or mos. Bui
in street preaching The aadisnce 10 con.
stantly shifting, auditors choosing theiI
locations and staying as long OF as short
time az suits them. It IL that kind Of
an audienee that brings ont preacher:
powers, IL be has any.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-07-06
TIaE's HLsaEs.


In is6S, ameng the eFOwd which came
one day 20 President Lincoln's ante
room, seeking an audience, wasa white
haired. bert, old man, whose sou had
been condemned 20 be shot as q deees.
ter. lie came 20 plead for the boy &
life. The President promised 10 look
into the case, and bade him return 81
the same hour the next day. When be
came. bis agitation was so great that be
vas unable 10 speak.
Mr.. Lineoln placed the par don IN his
haada, aud the old man, after . few
choking words, left the room.
THAT IL MF. Blank. Of Illinois. the
President said 10 \ friend. He vas
the great man Of his district thirty -lwo
years ago. was the hired man 10 q
family where be often visited. I sup
pose be has forgotten me" be added.
simply. apparently unconscious Of the
change which time had bFouRht 10 them
both.
Gen. Grant. IL - said. when 10 Lot don
resolving the hospitalitiea Of the Queen.
vas confronted By Q ragged tramp, who
reminded him that they bad worked
aite By eide IN The same tan yard.
Paris correspondent Of New YORK.
paper some tune ago told the story Of =
rough. shabby man. VITO stoppea the
heAatifal wife Of an Italian prince on
her cay 10 Der carriage. "l0a don't re-
member me, Oh Z" be said. nsed 10
beard With yoaE mother ia America. and
yOu used 30 80 about with an empty 10
nai0 can, asking for psnnies."
"Ailsw me to FepAy yea yoaf eoutFi-
tuition 90 the can, she said, smiling,
and aropping q coin into bis oatssresch-
I'd hand as che passed on.
The "whirlteig OF time" nowhere else
bring such Eeverses as IN this country
The charge Of Circumstances 10 many
lives 10 more sntden and extreme than
woald be possible elsewhere.
A young man % wealth and high 80
ciAl SANDING rSea9ui zs this fast lately
in q hags spas sutEii, when nnding fault
With bis sh aemAker.
Il hope." BE- said. shat whsH ans SOC
IS making hos ieE yOsf SOC. he nav
give hian better At
In soeisty 90 unstable aud loosely
hinged - aafs il. the po5Fxas and u 80
insignificant u is members have rea
sou faF encouragement and hops. Ihs
shAhhy. pSeF hay Ia the school is nse
iectad hy bic richer and N re fashion
1
Mans thiuES eoms 10 him wha wofks
and salts.
Tbs Old mAn knsws shat q ne, even
anAided hy sa0rt, does IN repairing nis.
takes. IN eh knSinz The position 81 t6e
actors &C iifs's stASe, IN dGlling pain, ia
soft. niHz hatred he "a eaiu. evsn in
graf. IL wfA nos b. - sore q hart
nexa year" he says FROM expertsree.
Bat tha yaaEc. sha kneW notAine %
ti@e's powef. believe the pAin. the pov-
eFty, the AngxF. thai make life hard fer
tsSm to1ay 90 be eterEAl.
ueHssia pesishAhls Glasses Fl gooaa
are Aiwsss sala saelees te tie deslrae-
tsys sGeei af tbs GIgsasphRrs. Let ~
wsixA eur tsoahaes IA the sAase wsy. a.
sas t-cs to tie tnxTitAese wearing To-
aasHcu - thai aneentFollahls poser
Witch Se sall o2s
4 4
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-07-06
GIVE THEM A CHANCE.


That IL TO say. your lungs Alss all
year breathing machinery. Very won
degfal machinery 10 il. Not only the
larger sir passages. bat the thousands
Of little tubes and cavities leading FROM
them.
WAen these are e.ogRed Acd shoksd
with matter that ought not to be there
voaf Lungs cannot half DO their wofk
And whal they DO, they eAnsot do yell.
Gall u cold. eou2a. eroup. pneamonia,
S4tAEfh. consumption or any Of the
family Of throat and nose aad head ana
lung oostFuciions. all are bad. All
oa9ht TO b. got rid Of. There Is last
oae sure say 70 set rid Of them. That
10 10 take B1seee's German Syrup,
Whieh &ny drazGtss will sell At 3 eenfs
bottle. Even IL everything else hsa
failed yea, yoz may dspend upon this
fog certain action de-
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-07-06

There are large number Of United
States pensioners Of fogeiaa birth re-
sitirE abroad. whass money is drawn
for them throngh car aonsasates. In
Germany alone there are S1,00o reai-
denaa whose naEss are baEne on our
pension rolL 1eis raocey goes % msu
who have practically reverted 20 thSir
goFeiZn allegiance and wao have sn-
ttrsly ceased 90 - part and parcel OF
the iIfs Of tsis ec1atFy. SSne exani
nRtiobs that have heeu made By the
present administration have disclosed
lnei3ents Of Rress fraud IN drawing
tsese fcFttzR pensions. Il is nsted
thai ioGgsytty . greatly prunosed hy
tie native air o. thSss aEipsndAries.
Deaths are rarely reported Amcns tAsna.
Ia mary distances ffaads b. sabsiita
tiSn have sceErrsd.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-07-06
OYSPEPaIA AND CONSTIPATION

DYSPEPSIA AND CONS TIPATION.
Henry b. Archer. RsceivsE Of Taxes
Of the City Of Yonkers, N. Y, says Of
BRAKDRETH's P1Ls:
Far the past ten years have been us.
ing BRANDRKrH's PTLLs for self and
family. We find them a sovereign rem
edy for indigestion and constipation,
taking one or two every night for ten
days. They are also admirable blood
poFiGiers, perfectly harmless but exceed
iuQly effective as q cathartic. Arst used
them myself, particularly for bilious
ness and dyspepsia. They relieved me
10 two weeks. chserfuIly recommend
Them.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-07-06
Vacation School for Children,

NTIss GILMoUR WILL BEGIN Sum.
4tI mer term for instruction in English
language. arithmetic and the tonic-sol IA meth
cd Of stnRtnE, on Monday. July 18th, in Miss
Epler's schoolroom. Second and Seneca streets.
TKRss-SS per month In advance. Further
particulars can be learned at the school Room
setween aud 5 O'Clock p. M. July 5sh, 9Th
and Tth. iV5 1t
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-07-06
NOTICE OF MEETING
Stockholders Of Masonic Tenn.
pie Association.

WE, THE UNDERSIGNED TRUSTEES
w q the Z" seattle Masonic Temple ALSO
citation, hersby give notice thai a meeting Of
the stockholders Of said Association viii be
held ct MAaonie Hall. In TIE City q seattle
on wsdne ebay. August 9ssh, 1887, a. o'clocE
D. m, for the purpose Of dtminlshing the
capital stock OF said Association 70 seventy.
I've thousand dollars.
Seattle. June %, lsS7.
J. FuFth. Geo. ". Harris.
Bailey aezsrf. J. A. HatHsId.
J. II. Me8rzw, WIN. H. LlewelIyp.
q. c Storey. A. h. Stesari. Isl 80
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-07-06

k4ES2 s aasxNE E&a are stoNtGs tie
hest - bows pisAs salts sSss sAGsa u
Seattle ~ CokGasxs sal sgEsS1
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-07-06
MOTTO G..

r HEREBY Owe NOTICE To TaE CHAU.
l. tAaqaa managers that before they make
arrangements 10 hold any ne-sings q; the %
called Cbaut4Lqua grounds, ~ 9zrdnsra
beAeh, tasy bad better make some arrange
aaents villa me JOHN KKEYAN. jys3s
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-07-06
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
CHALLE m c..

To Mr. WM. LAKE, OWNER OF YACHT
L Adventure; Having been given to under-
stand that you say thlt your yacht Adventure
are DESTROYS Of making . race between said
yachts for sum not less than $500 q side.
hereby challenge you 10 sail said yacht Ad-
venture against said chit White Wings over
the course sailed on the 1th Inst. on any day
you may name within the next t. weeks,
after three days notice 10 me OF your ACCEPT.
ance Of this challenge, and within threa weeks
from this date, for the SUN OF s20o side. To
insure coed faith on my part, have put up a
forfeit Of $40 with the treasurer Of the Posr-
IxTELIIoEScRR Publishing Company. In case
you accept this challenge you will please Gov
or the forfeit. Dated JAY ), 1881.
iy6 So A. E. HANFORD
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-07-06
FOR CHIBF OF POLICE

r THE EARNEST REQUEST OF MANY
n u the voters OF the CITY u Seattle, !
have consented t. become q candidate Tor the
ofacs Of Chief Of Police 81 the ensuing city
electioa. To the votars q this eIiy am sell,
and truss favorably, kaswn Ia soliciting
year sHaragea. promise. II elected, 10 faith
fnliy and fe.rlessy fulnIl ell the duties aprsaF-
tslRing TO toe once. and Etil b. No seranger
70 those dat4es, having served nearly Eve
ytArs - police officer RESPECTFULLY,
J. O. MITCHELL.
sestals. Jdns -. ls.s je2gsd
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-07-06

r osr-A BROWN BITCH PUP, SEVEN
IL months old. Finder viii be rewarded rs
returning the same to L. P. SMITH : SONS
jewelry sore. tyS 81
CTRAYED Or sToLEN-FR0M THE
- premises OF the undersigned, . small
scotch terrier pup. about two months old I:
brown curly hair and black ears. A LIBERAL
reward win be paid for lie return to GEORGE
d. HILL. ieSO Al
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-07-06

rs SPENDING THOUSANDS or DOL
A lars in the way Of building wharves
Asd coal bunkers In Minors addition.
which has
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-07-06
LAND FoR SALE.

IN0R sALR-A GOOD CARRIAGE TEAM
T. Of we'll matched bay horses age, 4 and
~ years weight, 1850 rounds each. Terms
cash. Apply to PRANK W. PETTYGR0vE.
Jf.. Port Townsend, W. T. jelfd
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-07-06

LIVE HEAVY TEAMS-SEvEN BUG
E ~ horses. Terms reasonable Can
be seen ct the City Stables, corner Main
and Third streeta. Seattle. ap9
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Pabsiahe1 In EAs Post Building, % Mih
screst, eeattie. Waah- Ter.
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yamss sss opp. Occidental Hotel
5dw
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-05-19
Points For nress-Refnrmers.

The reform of woman's dress appears
of almost equal Importance upon the plat
form and in the public press with re-
form of the franchise by woman suffrage.
At a late dress-reform meeting in Lon
don presided over by Mrs. Oscar Wilde,
various forms of loose oriental dress, with
accidental pTovements, were recon-
mended
1t might be well for these dress-reform-
ers, who would cast away every artificial
support and restraint for the female fig
ure, to remember that even a Greek ma
tron when she became ponderous, a. even
doubtless Homeric women did, used a
support of flexible wood and withes,
which was nothing more or less than q
very priTatiye and uncomfortable corset.
The nymphs and gOddessess to whom
women arc advised to hook to learn what
the natural figure is are all-saye, per-
( haps, our lady of Milo--under 25 years of
age. After that age, If divine youth had
ever extended beyond, even a Greek god
dess must have enlarged her contours.
Certainly Attic mothers did, for embon-
point is the fate of southern women how
ever classic their features.
The dress-reformers might also read
she testimony of Lady Hester Stanho pes
physician after years of residence among
the houris of Syria. People imagine
he wrote, shat the oriental woman is a
wreck at 30. On the contrary, she is in
quite as good condition as the woman of
her own age in Europe. The cause of her
older appearance is her manner of dress
which noes not conceai the ravages of
time and child bearing on the figure. l
knew a lady at Damasc5a5, mother of seven
children, whom | long hooked upon as a
mere mass of shapeless flesh. Afterward
/ met her in Londoa, transformed by
European dress into q Squire which was
the envy Of one sex, she admiration of
the other. Art Age.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-05-19
Mexican Remedies.


Al n Mexican table fruit is invari-
ably taken before breakfast, the peo-
pie saying. certainly with much rpa-
son, that it, more delicate flavor is i'm
paired by the stronger sweets of the
dessert. From this astronomical
point one glides by not unnatural
transition to certain phases OF physi-
cal interest namely, the employment
Of curative herbs and simples -tisancs,
as the French say. OF course. this IS
not to be very effectively applied for
expeditions results in acute extremi-
ties. 1t would scarcely prove adequate
to the occasion in case of cholera or an
encounter with buzz-saw, but fol-
mild forms of illness it is certainly
right commenlable. For instance.
when have been sightseeing mduly,
to the extent Of wearing ont three able
bodied men and pair of shoes, and
lind the next day that headache or a
backache or an all-oyer ache ensues
| no longer invest my surplus patri-
mony in arsenic tonics or brandy
No! lie still and shout "Donysia-a-
al! or any other name that happens to
be uppermost i'm the calendar They
do not come to inquire my wants
those hapless kitchen-women- they
are sadly wise by experience. They
hang themselves over the halustradc
by the kitchen upstairs the consist
ency of the country reverSes the
planes Of domestic use and wall "Si
aiaa" and presently one OF them
come. down bearing plate on which
repose three small angular humps of
sugar, thin, highly-polished brass
teaspoon, and a cupful of piping-hot
tea of chamomile, orange leaves. Gas.
lillian rose, orsome such poetic matter
And it is not all poetry, either; it
scoops the pain every time. ! have
not yet come to the point of curing a
headache with leaf Of nicotinim OF
a bit Of cigarette paper stuck on the
temples, but / daresay | shall come TO
that in time Already, however, | do
fearlessly and unreseryc3ly pin my
faith 10 q chocolate paper for the cure
of a cold on the chest Cor. san Fran
cisco Chronicle.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-05-19

The Cleveland Plaindealer is reminded
by late occurrence of some newspaper
practical Jokes and recalls one as follows
'The story is told of some parliamentary
reporters who devised plan fer enjoy
ing little recreation and yet covering
the work allotted to them. Some half a
dozen or more agreed that one of the
number should report the proceedings of
the house of commons, and the rest should
go mp the Thames to some summer re-
sort every day and drive dull care away,
Each was 30 take his turn for a day in
the reporters, gallery. The plan worked
we'll for some time. England was kept
advised of what her august legislators
were doing and the reporters enjoyed
pastoral scenes far from London town.
Each night they returned and wrote out
the proceedings OF the house of commons
from the manuscript of the journalist
who had done sweating duty during the
day But a storm was brewing A little
Irish reporter, a graceless wag, on one of
the more Obscure London papers, was
left to take his turn, and he played
trick on the beer befuddled scrlbes which
startled and amused all London. In the
middle of grave speech by the chancei
lor of the exchequer on finances he had
interpolated feryid eulogy Oh the Irish
potato. Tbs statesman was made 90
suddenly drop finances and budgets, and
with eccentric nreleyancy break into a
glowing tribute to the potato of old Erin,
his cloud clearing flight closing some
what like this; "And if in my youth Mr..
Speaker, had been beautifully fed on
that life giving vegetable, Mr.. Speaker,
I should now be a strong and lusty man,
instead of the miserable, shriveled up
little being that you now see before you.
This actually appeared in one OF the
leading London papers. 1t broke up the
excursions. The statesman grew purple
in the face in protesting against being
made to talk like a lunatic. The house
appointed a committee of investigation,
bat the Investigators themselves enjoyed
the Joke, and the matter ended in
general laagh at a wag's impudenoe and
a statesman's wrath.